OPTIMISM VS. PESSIMISM

LIBERALS, PROGRESSIVES, SOCIALISTS, THINK AIR AMERICA, STUDENT PROTESTERS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, BARBRA STREISAND, ROSIE O'DONNELL, REPORTERS FOR THE WASHINGTON POST AND NEW YORK TIMES, ARE PURVEYORS OF PESSIMISM. THEY DISPLAY THEIR TRUE COLORS BY 1. FOMENTING DISCORD FOR POLITICAL GAIN, 2. BY RAGE AND RESENTMENT OVER DISAGREEMENT WITH THEM AND 3. BY ATTACKS ON FREE SPEECH FROM THEIR OPPONENTS. SUCH BEHAVIORS ARE UNPATRIOTIC AND CONTRIBUTE TO CHAOS. THEY APPEAL TO THE DARK SIDE OF HUMAN NATURE AND EXUDE PESSIMISM. WHEN IT IS EASIER TO SURRENDER TO COWARDICE THAN TO COURAGE, LIBERALS NATURALLY CHOOSE PESSIMISM BECAUSE OPTIMISM DEMANDS COURAGE. FOR EXAMPLE, GLIB POLITICIANS WHO WISH TO MASK THEIR LIBERAL AGENDA CONTINUALLY EXECUTE GLISSANDOS OVER RAISING TAXES BY EGO-ASSUAGING WORDS AND VAPID PROMISES. MANY CITIZENS SUCCUMB TO THIS. METAPHORICALLY, CITIZENS ARE ALSO VICTIMS IN THE RAPE OF THEIR FREEDOM OF CHOICE, YET THE ALLURE OF 'HELP IS ON THE WAY' DRAWS FOLLOWERS EASIER, FASTER AND MORE OFTEN THAN A REALITY CHECK ROOTED IN OPTIMISM. OPTIMISM, UNFORTUNATELY, INCLUDES A MEASURE OF PAIN. THE LIBERALS BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN - IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES - ALLEVIATE PAIN. RAISING THAT FLAG ON IWO JIMA SURE WASN'T EASY, BUT IT WAS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION ONCE SIX MARINES MADE UP THEIR MINDS THAT IT WOULD BE DONE. THE 'FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS' WAVED WITH OPTIMISM, NOT THE PESSIMISM OF THE LEFT.